Smoke on the Water? ( the way Ritchie does it, not the way generations of kids in guitar shops do!!)Star Hotel? (not so much a riff, but a very cool phrase in Fm which modulates to Gmand defines the song)All right now?Black night? (OK... so I'm a Ritchie fanboi!)Back in black?Summertime blues?No more Mr Nice guy?Woman from Tokyo?Living loving maid?Sharp dressed man?Radar Love?Sylvia?Gimme some lovin?Rhiannon?

I could go on and on, there are so many memorable riffs and phrases and I'm betting everyone has a favourite or three!

All of the above, and a million others!Jack White alone must have 20 contenders, Josh Homme also.too hard to put a finite point on this one as it's an ever evolving carousel of riffmaking and chop chucking, but for my money this week it's.......Black Dog.

Ok I should have explained this topic better.The UK have voted the above as the best guitar riff. Who was voting is a mystery to me. Last few days this has been pounded all over the media here, so I thought Id chuck it up for debate. Not about what is the best riff and endless lists but why the UK should pick this riff.

Now I want to change subject. Surely NATO have a HQ where they can meet? Why are they going to an ugly hotel in Newport? Why are they having social events in Cardiff? There were 4 helicopters floating about for around 2 hours outside work this lunchtime. How much has that cost me?

The roads in town have been chopped up with security fencing so the bigwigs can have lunch in the castle and summat in the college of music. Havent they heard of justeat?

Anyway while I type this little rant around 7 or 8 noisy things have flown over, one is still there.

What is wrong with video conferencing or having meetings like this on a military base?